Now all those big companies will have to buy 220 more variations of each of their domains. Big bucks coming in for the registrars!

Then call the OS on phones and tablets something other than "Windows", because even though they share a similar codebase, it's not Windows.

I'd go beyond the annual software refresh and look at the annual hardware refresh.

Apple makes a killing release ONE new phone a year, whereas Nokia is used to releasing a dozen or so new phones a year.

I have all of that at my disposal and know how to use it, and I used to host my own photos... but honestly, I'd rather not anymore.

Maybe not a "Dead OS". An OS with a gun pointed at its temple, a finger on the trigger, and a bullet in one of the 6 chambers.

That happened to me in NYC. I bought something and made my payment, which included a Canadian penny, and the woman behind the counter had this expression on her face like I'd just dropped a dead rat on the counter. She asked me for a US penny, with a voice full of contempt.

Wow. I almost cost you $0.0001. Sorry 'bout that.

Newfoundland was found quite a long time ago. Go ask them why they don't change the name of their province.

Apple doesn't care if this device gets much fanfare. It's user-subsidized research for them. You pay Apple $99, and they put a little media box on your shelf that studies how you use it. This is just a way for them to do a mass-study on how to best go about tackling the TV project. Better to get it right first on a cheap, tiny box than jump straight into selling a big, expensive TV.

The new "app" layout and the fact that Netflix can bill directly to your iTunes account is a pretty clear sign that they're now gearing up to allow more third party content providers on it.

That said, I've got a 2nd gen one, and I like it. Sure, it's not full of features, but it does a better job at Netflix than my PS3 and I love streaming music on it to my big stereo system.

The CN Tower gets dwarfed yet again.

Oh well, it had a nice, long run as tallest freestanding structure.

Wonderful. Now you've given me a horrible mental image of Steve Ballmer as the Baron Harkonnen.

American currency is stuck in the 19th century. All around the world, countries with currencies that Americans scoff at as "worthless" have invested time and money in redesigning their currency to 21st century levels that make it harder to counterfeit. But, whenever anyone in power even breathes a word of redesigning US currency, the populace flies into a rage, foaming at the mouth about anyone daring to pervert their sacred greenbacks. All efforts to bring the bills up to date have resulted in hideous, half-assed results.

I've actually heard stories first hand from a currency expert, who used to print banknotes in Europe, who was invited by the US to offer ideas on bringing the currency up to date, and the officials there rejecting each and every idea he put forward because they were "too different".

It's kind of sad. Everyone wants to counterfeit your money, and they're good at it, but you're too sentimentally attached to its archaic design that you're completely unwilling to change it.

It's all a big laugh until your boss, or your boss' boss, gets an iPhone. Then comes the knock on the IT office's door.

I agree. He's not trolling, he's just making a horrible argument.

But it's true, Apple *helped* bring computers out of the nerd dens. Let's travel back 30 years, give or take a few. The Apple II was the first truly mainstream "personal computer". The Mac was the first commercially viable computer that was "friendly".

I've used one of those transceivers before. The sound quality is pretty bad. Plus, in this city, it's not much of a stretch to say that virtually the entire FM band is occupied. Interference even comes from other cars using one.

I love internet radio. I wouldn't listen to commercial radio at all anymore if my car stereo had AUX input.